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Erie High Team From Erie, Kan., Overcomes Moonscape, All Competitors To Win High School Division Of NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race

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Student racers from Erie High School Team II in Erie, Kan., took first place in the high school division of NASA's 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, held April 4 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. The team, which posted a winning race time of just 3 minutes and 17 seconds, beat 21 other teams from around the United States and as far away as Germany. NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race, organized each year by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, challenges high school and college students to build lightweight racing vehicles inspired by the original lunar rover used during the 1970s Apollo moon missions. The race is one of dozens of education projects and initiatives NASA leads each year to inspire America's next generation of engineers, scientists and explorers. (NASA/MSFC)

Braving a challenging half-mile of simulated lunar terrain, a pair of young innovators from the Huntsville Center for Technology Team II in Huntsville, Ala., pedals into second place in the high school division of NASA's 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, held April 4 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. Huntsville Center, which took home the first place prize in 2007, fielded two teams this year, competing against 20 other teams from around the United States and as far away as Germany. NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race, organized each year by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, challenges high school and college students to build lightweight racing vehicles inspired by the original lunar rover used during the 1970s Apollo moon missions. The race is one of dozens of education projects and initiatives NASA leads each year to inspire America's next generation of engineers, scientists and explorers. (NASA/MSFC)

Student racers from the Huntsville Center for Technology Team I in Huntsville, Ala., streak to third place – finishing just seconds behind another team from their own school -- in the high school division of NASA's 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, held April 4 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. First-place winners in 2007, Huntsville Center fielded two teams this year, taking on 20 other teams from around the United States and as far away as Germany. NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race, organized each year by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, challenges high school and college students to build lightweight racing vehicles inspired by the original lunar rover used during the 1970s Apollo moon missions. The race is one of dozens of education projects and initiatives NASA leads each year to inspire America's next generation of engineers, scientists and explorers. (NASA/MSFC)

A pair of intrepid student drivers from Puerto Rico High School in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, endure a fearsome, buggy-flipping crash early in the day during the high school division of NASA's 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, held April 4 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. Despite the crash, the two racers jumped back into competition quickly enough to post the fastest race time among competition newcomers, earning them the 2008 "Rookie Award." Presented by race sponsor Northrop Grumman Corp. of Huntsville., the award is just one of many vied for each year by dozens of participating teams from all over the nation and around the world. NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race, organized by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, challenges high school and college students to build lightweight racing vehicles inspired by the original lunar rover used during the 1970s Apollo moon missions. The race is one of dozens of education projects and initiatives NASA leads each year to inspire America's next generation of engineers, scientists and explorers. (NASA/MSFC)